Tellurian



s A' WINETZKY TELLURIAN Filed Aug. 29. 1921 2 Shets-Sheet 1 WITNESSES Patented Feb. 26, 1924.

TELLURIAN.

Application led August 29, 1921. Serial No. 496,325. Y

To all 'whom t 'may concern.'

-Be it known that I, Sonar A. WINETZKY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Tellurian, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a tellurian for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night and the changes of the season.

The object of this invention is to provide a tellurian having means for vrevolving the earth and moon about the sun, and means for utilizing this revolving motion to rotate the earth and revolve the moon about the earth.

A further object is the provision 02E a tellurian having an illuminated sun.

These and other objects of the invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation with part of the casing members cut away to show the op- Y which has two bevel gears 40 and 41 fixed erating mechanism;

Figure 2 is aV horizontal cross section through the supporting base; Y

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the gearing mechanism taken along the line 3`-3, Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the gearing mechanism shown in Figure 3; and

Figure 5 shows the device for connecting the supporting arm of the moon tothe axis of the earth. f

Referring to the above-mentioned figures, a bell-shaped base 10 is held in position on a base plate 11 by means of screws 12. A'U- shaped member. 17 has two tubular arms 13 and 14. which fit into openings 15 and 16 in the base member 10. The free end of this U-shaped member 17 is supportedon a stand 18. A tube 27 having an yopening 63 in its side is rigidly mounted in the base plate 11 and projects up through the neck 25 of the bell-shaped base 10. Supported onthe upper end of the tube 27 is a sun 28. Rotatably mounted on the tube 27 is another tube 29 which also projects up through the neck 25 of the bell-shaped base 10. Rigidly con` nected to thevupper end of this tube is an arm 31, and to the lower end a gear 32. Rotatably mounted on the upper part of tube 27 is a member 64 which is :fixed to the arm 31. A crank 19 projects through the tubular arm 14 and is supported by two bearings 2O and 21 therein. Connected to the inner end of the crankis a worm 22 which meshes with the gear 32 fixed to the tube 29. This worm 22 is held in position by a member 23 which is rotatably mounted in the bell-shaped base 10. `Electric wires 30 are shown extending through .the tubular arm 13 and the tube 27 to the sun 28. These wires are means for supplying current to an electric bulb to il- 'luminate the sun. vAny other means ofillumination may be used as, Jfor instance, gas, when the gas pipe would be fixed in the tubular arm 13 and the tube 27 converted into a base Jfor a gas lamp. The base plate 11 extends beyond the bell-shaped base 10. A

plate on which are marked the signs of the zodiac may be mounted on the extension of the base plate 11. y

A bevel gear 24 is fixed to the upper end of the bell-shaped base Y10 by means of a pin'26. A gear V34 is ixed to the arm 31. Rotatably mounted on the arm 31 is a gear frame shaft 36. Attached to the lower end of this gear frame shaft is a bevel gear 37 A rod 39 to the ends is rotatably mounted in the bearings 42 supported by the arm 31'. Gear 40 equals gear 41; gear 24 equals gear 37. The bevel gear 40 meshes with the bevel gear 24 and the bevel gear 41 meshes with the bevel gear 37 and thus the bevel gear 24 is con.- nected to the bevel gear 37 to operate the gear frame shaft 36 when'the arm 31 is rotated about the bell-shaped base 10. A casing 33 is attached to the arm 31 which serves to YVencase the bevel gears 24 and 37 and the means for connecting them. A bearing 38 .Y

which is mounted inthe casing 33 serves as a supporting means for the gear frame shaft 36.

A gear frame` 35 is fixed to they gear frame shaftK 36. Rotatably mounted in the gear -V frame 35 is a shaft 45 which has a bevel gear 46 connected to its lower end. This bevel gear 46"meshes with the gear 34.` lAn earth 44 has a shaft 43 which extends in line with its axis. For clearness of explanation this shaft 43 will be called the axis of the earth. The axis 43 is rotatably mounted in the gear frame 35 and is inclined at 'an angle of 23 `,3 0 from vertical. lThe axis of the earth 43 yis connected to the shaft 45 through a plurality of gears. A gear 47 is fixed on the shaft 45 and meshes with a gear 48 rigidly connected to gear 49 which is rotatably mounted in the gear frame Gear 49 meshes with gear 50 rigidly connected to a gear 5l which is rotatably mounted in the gear frame 35. rhis'gear 5l meshes 'with the gear 52 fixed to the axis 43 of the earth. Rot-atably mounted on the axis 43 of the earth is a sleeve 53 which has a gear 54 fixed to its loiver end. This gear `meshes with another gear fixed to the shaft 45. curved arm 56, which has a forked end 58 pivo-tally connected on arms 5.7 integral with the slee-ve 53, supports a moon 62. A roller 59 is rotatably mounted on the arm 55 rides on a plate 60 which is inclined at an angie of 50 9 to the horizontal. This plate 60 is supported by 'a supporting member 6l which is rigidly connected to the gear frame 35. The gears are to be so proportioned that for each revolution of the gear 82 (one year), gear 54 makes about revolutions (months), and gear 52 maires about 366 revolutions (days).

The earth, sun and moon are not constructed in the proper ratio of their size as this would be practically impossible, A map is superimposed upon the earth. This map may shoiv any of the desired details of land and water features and the lines marking the various Zones andk degrees of latitude or longitude.

1llhe operation of this device is asfollovvs:

The' crank i9 is turned, operating the Worm 22, and the Worm 32 is operated by the Worm. The tube 29 is rotated by the gear 32, Which is fixed to it, and the arm 3l rotates-With the tube 39. As the arm 3l rotates, the bevel gear 24 which is fixed to the stand lO rotates the gear Wheel 40, and the motion of the gear Wheel 4() is conveyed through the rod'39 and bevel gear 4l to the bevel gear 37. ri`he bevel gear 37 is fixed to the gear fran'ie/shaft 36 which is rotatably mounted on the 'arm 3l and thus the shaft 36 is rotated. As the shaft 36 rotates, the gear frame 35 which is fixed thereto is revolved about it. The gear frame carries the shaft 45 to which is fixed the bevel gear 46 and as this gear meshes with the xed gear 34 the shaft 45 is rotated as the gear frame 35 revolves. The turning motion of shaft 36 is conveyed through gears 47, 48, 49, 50, 5l and 52 to the axis of the earth thus rotating the earth. The gear 55 isfixed to the shaft 45 and meshes With the gear 54 integral with the sleeve 53 to which the arm carrying the moon is attached, and thus the motion of the shaft 45 revolves the moon about the earth. A plate 60 which is inclined at an angle of 5O 9 to the horizontal is provided which cooperates with the roller 59 rotatably mounted on the arm supporting the moon to give the latter its true orbit about the earth. Thus it is seen as the arm 3l is turned about the base 10 for t-he operation of crank 19 that the earth and moon are revolved about the sun, the earth rotated about its axis and the moon revolved about the earth. stantly inclined at 664),; degrees to the ecliptic.

instead of the combination of gear employed to convey the motion of shaft 45 to axis 43 of the earth other combinations might be employed such as tWo gears having the ratio 2T :1. Instead of the combination of gears 24, Si', 40 and 4l, two sprockets and chain may be employed, the sprockets to be placed Where gears 24 and 8T in the original combination are used.

l would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated since manifestly the same can be considerably varied Without departing the spirit of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

Claims.

l. A tellurian comprising, a base, a sun and means for illuminating it mounted `on the base, a bevel gear fixed to the base, a tube rotatably mounted-in the base, an arm and a casing carried by the upper end of tube and a gear xed to the lower end, a crank-mounted in bearings in the base and having a worm fixed thereto which meshes with the tube gear for operating the latter, a gear frame fixed to the upper end of a snaft rotatably mounted in the arm, a bevel gear fixed to the lower end of the frame shaft, a rod mounted in the casing and having a bevel gear on each end for connecting the bevel gear fixed to thebase to the bevel gear fixed to the frame shaft to operate the latter as the casing revolves about the base, earth having its axis properly inclined to the sun rotatably mounted vin the gear frame, a gear fixed to the arm and concentric with the frame shaft, a shaft having a bevel gear which meshes With the fixed gear on the arm, a plurality of gears mounted in the frame and connecting the rotary frame shaftto the axis of the earth, a. moon connected by an arm to a sleeve mounted on the axis of the earth, a gear Vintegral with the sleeve, a. second gear mounted on the rotary frame shaft to convey the motion of the latter to the moon` a plate inclined at an angle to the horizontal mounted on the gear frame, and a roller mounted on the moon connectingarm and (3o-operating With the plate to give the moon the proper relative positions to the earth.

2. A tellurian, comprising a base a post fixed in the base, a. sun carried by t e post, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the post, an arm in the form of a casing mounted on the upper end of the sleeve, means fixed to the lower end of the sleeve for rotating it,

The axis of the earth is con-y means for operating said sleeve rotating means, a vertical shaft rotatably mount# ed in the outer end of the arm carried by the sleeve, means mounted on the base and connected with said vertical shaft for operating it upon the rotation of said'sleeve and arm about the sun carrying post, a gear frame fixed to the shaft, an earth provided with an axle rotatably mounted in said gear frame with its axis properly inclined to the sun, a sleeve rotatably mounted on said axle, a moon connected by an arm to said sleeve and associated with the earth, a train of gears mounted in said gear frame for rotating the earth and the moon about the earth, means mounted on the gear frame for giving the moon the proper relative motion to the earth as both rotate, and means carried by the shaft mounted in the outer end of the arm for operating' said train of gears as the shaft is rotated through the rotation of the arm and sleeve about saidA 20V sun carrying post.

* SCHAI A. WINETZKY. 

